Hey there!
An inspired month of music - I just finished reading Simon Reynold's "Rip It Up
And Start Again - Postpunk 1978-1984" and i cannot recommend it highly enough.
Even if you're not into the music it covers, what i took from it was the drive
and determination of the bands to push the boundaries and create something new.
pretty inspirational stuff!
Anyhoo, lots of new stuff to report from the HPLL camp..
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Bovaflux / Where There Was Nothing [hpll013]
Freshly delivered yesterday morning, we just got the Bovaflux CDs back from
the pressing plant. I've dropped off a couple at Smallfish which should be
available early in the week, and packages are on their way to Norman records
and Posteverything.com. Official release date wont be till early October while
the machinations of press and publicity trundle away in preparation for store
release.
Software programmer Eddie Symons works all day coding elaborate and complex
realities for video games lost in his own headphone world, to a soundtrack of
indie-rock and broken electronica. Going home in the evening, he finds solace
in creating a different kind of submersive environment - an equally enthralling
and engaging framework.. His music is a beautiful hybrid sound, clearly
influenced by intricate melody and structure, as much as it is based on complex
beat programming, yet still retaining a simple elegance on the surface, easily
allowing you to become deeply entrenched in the music, discovering more and
more detail upon each further listen. Aquatic and fluid dub bass lines underpin
lurching slow hip-hop inspired beats, rising surges of digital atmospherics
and subtle flowing melodies.
Download 'sleepytime' from:
http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads/bovaflux_sleepytime.mp3
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The Village Orchestra / Et In Arcadia Ego [hpll014]
The Village Orchestra is the solo project of Ruaridh Law, one third of
Glasgow's Marcia Blaine School For Girls. Following on from the compilation
appearances on "Some Paths Lead Back Again" and on Stuff003, his debut
album is a melting-pot of creative energy, flowing from subtle drone based
pieces through cinematic grandeur and evolving staccato rhythms.
Now mastered and just finishing the artwork for it, it'll be at the pressing
plant in a week or so, possibly back for next month..
Download two track teaser from:
http://www.highpointlowlife.com/webreleases/thevillageorchestra_hpw004/thevillageorchestra_hpw004.html
Oh, also, Ruaridh just played a live set on Radio Magnetic this past week,
which he has archived on the Marcia website. If you go over there you can find
the URl for the download ..
http://marciablaine.cjb.net/
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randomNumber / Golden Acre Sleeps [hpll015]
Music is finished and it's a truly beautiful sounding album of energetic beat
programming, hypnotic melody and surging basslines.
Artwork for the cover is being done at the moment, and should be ready for
pressing in around a months time. Look for a teaser listen in the mix tape
below...
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Upcoming Live Shows..
Marcia Blaine / Production Unit / Accrual / Izu
August 5th. next Numbers evening in Glasgow sees Village Orchestra and
Production Unit DJ in support of Izu live and Magic Club live.
Thats happening at Basura Blanca, Brunswick St.
August 12th. Accrual's first ever live gig! At Stereo on Kelvinwaugh Street.
See Marcia site for more details on both gigs.
Tigrics.
Enjoying what he was discovering of London, Robi Tigrics managed to
get a job and has been soaking up all that London has to offer!
Two upcoming gigs this month. Tuesday the 2nd of August, he plays at the
Pool bar on Curtain Road in Shoreditch, at the ever-popular Multivitamins
evening. He'll be playing alongside Cult With No Name and Emitexb.
The following tuesday, he will be down in Brighton playing at the Wrong Music
Evening with Shitmat and Miami Beat Alliance. I need to double-check and
confirm this date, but pretty sure its going ahead..
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Download mixtap (almost a podcast)
I was gonna try and setup a podcast for this month, but i should probably do
it properly and rebuild the site on mysql with a proper rss feed, so while
i work on that, i've put this mp3 mix up for download..
http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads/hpll_podcast_one.mp3
76MB, VBR mp3 - its pretty mixed up selection tho, some of it inspired by the
'Rip It Up..' book!
tracklisting:
1. Animal Collective featuring Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hammer
2. Afrirampo - Want You
3. The Village Orchestra - Bryan's Tricky Do You Like The Drummer Question
4. tigrics - everbeener
5. Sanso-Xtro - And Then Return To Zero
6. Rogue Wave - Nourishment Nation
7. Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul (part one)
8. Josef K - Its Kinda Funny
9. Disco Inferno - Even The Sea Is Against Us
10. Hood - This Is What We Do To Sellout(s)
11. Xiu Xiu - I Broke Up
12. Death Sentence: Panda! - boomer
13. Ezee Tiger - For the Sweater Kids (For Hightower)
14. The Sticks - Hideous Crime
15. Tori Alamaze' - Don't Cha'
16. randomNumber - autumn shine
Ok, check out the Bovaflux album and let us know what you think!
thanks,
thorsten
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